Re: Glucophage Side Effects taking toll
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 22:56:21 +0200
Hi Catherine,
If metformin at 1500 mg/d helped you at once, but caused intolerable side-effects, why don't you try to diminish the dose. The other option is to try the XR version which usually has less side-effects.
Sam
> Hello to everyone here,
> First of all, I think this is a wonderful site. I am thrilled to have
> found it. My Doctor's Assistant had misinformed me of some things
> having to do with the disease. I was able to clear much of it up by
> visiting the PCOS site. I have been diagnosed with this for four months
> now. My doctor has put me on the glucophage at a dose of 1500 mg per
> day. It helped within the first month to regulate my cycles, and I
> began to lose a little weight. However, the GI upset has increasingly
> gotten worse instead of better. I feel absolutely miserable most of the
> time I take it. I have so much trouble with it that I have a difficult
> time even going out of the house. I stopped for about two weeks by
> accident( simply forgot. I felt so much better. Then I remembered and
> took two doses. My stomach got so upset while out shopping that I have
> stopped taking it altogether. It has been about three weeks and I have
> felt about a hundred times better. My problem is that after stopping,
> all the good things the glucophage has done have also stopped. Since I
> want to have children very soon, I must become regulated and lose some
> weight for health reasons. I want to find some way to take this
> medication without all the discomfort. I cannot stay at home all the
> time just so that I don't worry about getting sick in public. That
> wouldn't be a very fulfilling life. I would truly appreciate any help
> that anyone can give on how to take care of these problems and still
> take this very helpful medications. Thank you to everyone
>
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